30 Intimate Snapshots Show How Americans Enjoyed Christmas in the 1970s

   

Christmas is coming! A submitted photo collection of Flickr's members that shows how Americans enjoyed it from the 1970s.

Christmas in Livermore, CA, 1972

 

Christmas morning. Branden, Brent and Brian (his first Christmas) and me in front of the fireplace. We celebrated Christmas 1976 in Yukon, Oklahoma

 

 
 
Christmas party, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1970

 

Christmas party, Stratford, Connecticut, 1978

 

Cousins watching Brady Bunch, San Francisco, Christmas Eve, 1970s
 
 
Dad clowning for the Jupiter Christmas Parade, Jupiter, Florida, 1970s

 

 
Decorating our first 'live' Christmas tree, Connecticut, Christmas 1972
 
 
Familiar blue carpet, Portland, Oregon, Christmas 1970 or 1971

 

Grandpa & Grandma Knott at home at Christmas. 11624 Ventura Blvd., Loves Park (now Machesney Park), Illinois, December 1974
 
 

Great Grandma Frank, Burton, Michigan, Christmas 1971

 

 

I'm in the middle, San Pedro, California, Christmas 1973

 

 
Judy made Branden and me matching vests. She also made Branden's bell-bottomed pants, Norman, Oklahoma,Christmas 1973

 

 
Margaret Searles and Lewis Parker from College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas, Christmas dance, 1970s

 

 
Me and my old sister, Illinois, 1970s

 

Me and my sister, Addison, Texas, Christmas 1977
 
 
Me Christmas time, Chicago, Illinois, late 1970s

 

 
Me in the basement of our old house. (My dad made the fireplace),  Southgate, Michigan, Christmas 1973

 

Me in the red with the fake gold chain on my vest, LOL. My sister wearing those cool hounds tooth pants, Chicago, Christmas 1972

 

 
 
Me on the floor, my sisters and brother, Chicago, Illinois, December 1970

 

 
Mom, dad and sis, Connecticut, Christmas 1974

 

 
Mother, Chuck, Robbie, Christmas Eve, Charleston, SC, 1978

 

 
My 3rd birthday. Pooh Bear was my buddy, Arkansas, Christmas 1977

 

 
My Dad, Westchester, New York, Christmas 1978

 

My grandmother made matching mother-daughter dresses for my mother and I, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1971

 

 
 
My sister Alice holds her new doll at left. I hold what looks like a crucifix necklace, Virginia, Christmas Day, 1972

 

Pre-party sing, New Haven, Connecticut, Christmas mid-1970s

 

 
Robbie in Christmas morning, Charleston, South Carolina, 1976
 
 
Skating on woodland pond in Colrain, Massachusetts, 1975

 

Theron and Carol, Christmas in Metuchen, New Jersey, Drcember 1972

 

 
These boots, Corona, New York, 1976